Your Personal Pop Culture DYSTOPIA Timeline
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So basically, they should’ve just pulled a Helluva Boss.
Helluva Boss may have numerous flaws - from being overly edgy to its inconsistent world-building - but at least the creators of that show have full creative control over their content. So, I guess that would be the best possible path to take for The Owl House.
At least before the YouTube algorithm considers your show not stimulating enough….
Honestly I would say right know is a bit of a cultural low point for me on account that my tastes are not aligned to the current cultural zeitgeist.
As for a pop culture dystopia I would say having valve or an equivalent become even more money hungry and have them implemented many of the current monetary ways across their platform, leading to even more microtransactions and so on.
As for a pop culture dystopia I would say having valve or an equivalent become even more money hungry and have them implemented many of the current monetary ways across their platform, leading to even more microtransactions and so on.
9/11 could be a great disastrous divergence point for pop culture worldwide, considering all the famous celebrities who tempted fate that day (these are all based off actual events):
- Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, and Julie Stoffer, who were supposed to be onboard American Airlines Flight 11, are killed when it crashes into the North Tower, along with Frazier creator David Angell and actress Berry Berenson (who were already onboard IOTL)
- Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, who was supposed to attend a meeting at the top of one of the Twin Towers that morning, dies when the building collapses
- Future actress Gabourey Sibide, who was supposed to attend class across from the WTC that morning, is killed by falling debris when the planes initially hit or when the buildings collapse
- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who was supposed to be at work on the 101st floor of the North Tower, is killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the building right beneath her office
- Rob Lowe’s plane is hijacked by Zacarias Moussaoui, who was involved with plotting the 9/11 attacks and had flown onboard with Lowe IOTL, and crashes somewhere (either the White House or U.S. Capitol, depending on where Flight 93’s intended “destination” was), killing everyone onboard
- Patti Austin, who was supposed to be onboard United Airlines Flight 93, is killed when it crashes in Pennsylvania
- Steve Buscemi, attempting to help firefighters and other rescuers in their rescue efforts (like he did IOTL), is killed when the Twin Towers collapse on them
- Famous chef Michael Lomonaco, who was supposed to be working at Windows of the World restaurant at 1 WTC, is killed when the tower collapses
- Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, and Julie Stoffer, who were supposed to be onboard American Airlines Flight 11, are killed when it crashes into the North Tower, along with Frazier creator David Angell and actress Berry Berenson (who were already onboard IOTL)
- Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, who was supposed to attend a meeting at the top of one of the Twin Towers that morning, dies when the building collapses
- Future actress Gabourey Sibide, who was supposed to attend class across from the WTC that morning, is killed by falling debris when the planes initially hit or when the buildings collapse
- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who was supposed to be at work on the 101st floor of the North Tower, is killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the building right beneath her office
- Rob Lowe’s plane is hijacked by Zacarias Moussaoui, who was involved with plotting the 9/11 attacks and had flown onboard with Lowe IOTL, and crashes somewhere (either the White House or U.S. Capitol, depending on where Flight 93’s intended “destination” was), killing everyone onboard
- Patti Austin, who was supposed to be onboard United Airlines Flight 93, is killed when it crashes in Pennsylvania
- Steve Buscemi, attempting to help firefighters and other rescuers in their rescue efforts (like he did IOTL), is killed when the Twin Towers collapse on them
- Famous chef Michael Lomonaco, who was supposed to be working at Windows of the World restaurant at 1 WTC, is killed when the tower collapses
He meant pop culture right now is a dystopia itself. While I would agree with that, the point of the thread is to come up with something worse (i.e. Western animation never leaving the Dark Age, no anime boom, reality TV completely takes over).
Given the current writers' strike in Hollywood, I thought about what could happen if the 2007-2008 writers' strike lasted significantly longer ITTL (let's say 6 months instead of OTL's 3 months),
For starters, the major broadcast and cable networks would likely consider the 2007-2008 TV season a total loss, cancel all shows that were "on the bubble" of cancellation, and (hopefully) regroup and have shows ready for the fall of 2008. With scripted TV production shut down for half a year (plus the additional 2-3 months needed for production to ramp back up to the point where new episodes are ready-to-air), the networks would have little choice but to add more reality TV or sports (or perhaps imported programming) to fill their schedules, accelerating the decline of scripted programming we have already seen on traditional networks IOTL - only without the presence of streaming services to at least partially make up the deficit. Late night shows suffer significantly from being totally off the air for half a year.
So by 2010, between the aftershocks of the much-longer writers' strike and economic concerns from a (ITTL) worse Great Recession of 2008 (reality shows are significantly cheaper to make than scripted shows, and therefore have higher profit margins) the primetime lineups of America's major broadcast networks is composed mostly of reality shows, with a few (cheap) sitcoms filling most remaining timeslots and dramas virtually nonexistent.
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I meant in terms of dystopian pop culture scenarios, what this thread is for.
Yeah, I know, but I meant the reality takeover..........
How would the cable networks be affected?
Mariah Carey decides to stick with beauty school, and the only people who ever consistently hear her sing are her clients in the salon she eventually works and and part-owns. This would be a pop-culture dystopia to me. Pop singers, especially female pop singers, would not sound the way they do today without Mariah.